Judge warns Crown: speed up Frost case
I sure hope Adam Zargouras doesn't botch this case, the newpapers and 10 families
of child abuse victims will not be very happy.
My note; Is it not interesting a person accused of serious child abuse, has the
Courts worried about how long it is taking to get disclosure from the Crown and
about his Charter Rights to a quick trial. In my case I was sent to trial without
the requested disclosure (hyperlink 911 tape), even though the Crown said earlier
they had gotten it from the police. Then when I finally got it, the Judge said
I couldn't use it. We don't know why. As for the right to a speedy trial, I
wrote the leader of Ontario, and his Attorney General pleading for a fast trial,
as the death threats, vandalism and almost daily assaults from the Crown's
false witness against me, would cause us to become homeless. To speed up the
malicious prosecution, I even pleaded for a change of venue. But the
Court/Crown/Govt felt it best they take an 11 week dinner break. Were their star
witness against me would be free to commit 18 documented crimes.
Judge warns Crown: speed up Frost case
By Ian Elliot
For: www.thewhig.com
- Wednesday, February 07, 2007 @ 00:00
Court proceedings against former hockey agent have been put off for another month, as a judge
warned prosecutors that David frost’s right to a timely trial is in jeopardy.
At a hearing in Napanee yesterday morning, provincial court judge Geoff Griffin warned Crown
prosecutor Adam Zegouras that he was becoming concerned about frost’s constitutional right
to a trial in a reasonable time.
“I’m very concerned that this matter has not moved a bit since Aug. 24,” Griffin told the
prosecutor, referring to the day after frost’s initial appearance in court. “I’m getting
frustrated even if no one else is. … Any person charged with an offence has a right to be
tried within a reasonable time.”
frost, who is free on $10,000 bail, was not in the courtroom yesterday.
The 41-year-old former hockey agent faces 12 charges of sexual exploitation
and one assault charge.
Police say the victims are four boys and three girls, aged 14 and 15 at the time
of their alleged assaults, which reportedly occurred between 1995 and 2001.
The identities of the alleged victims are protected by a publication ban, and
police won’t say if they are related to frost’s years as a hockey coach in the
Toronto and Deseronto areas in the early to mid-1990s.
As part of his release conditions, frost has been ordered not to contact 125
people, including 40 women.
Zegouras told the judge yesterday that he was working with two other prosecutors
in Toronto on the case and asked for another month’s extension to set a trial date.
He asked to reappear before the court on March 13. Griffin told him March 6
was the deadline. He added that if they weren’t ready, all three Crowns would
be expected in court to explain the holdup.
“We will,” answered Zegouras.
frost’s only public comment on the charges against him came after his initial
court appearance last August, when he proclaimed his innocence to reporters
outside the courthouse before driving away.
ielliot@thewhig.com
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